Auguste Salzmann (1824-1872). Pioneer of photography and archaeology in the Near East.
Harmattan| N° d'inventaire | 17577 |
| Format | 13.7 x 21.3 |
| Détails | 145 p., black and white illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Born in Ribeauvillé, Alsace, on April 14, 1824, Auguste Salzmann belonged to the enterprising and prosperous Alsatian bourgeoisie. In very fragile health, he showed a taste for drawing, which his father did not thwart. His training as a painter led him to meet the painter Eugène Fromentin in 1847, with whom he went to Algeria, the journey to the Orient having become an obligatory complement to the Grand Tour in Italy. There they discovered a world that left a lasting mark on them. Upon his return, influenced by the Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, Auguste Salzmann fell in love with archaeology, and it was for a "scientific" purpose that he became interested in photography, rejecting any artistic dimension to this medium. He published an album on Jerusalem in 1854, considered a masterpiece of the origins of photography and he is one of the few to skillfully capture the immediacy of light on infinite time. He had a lifelong passion for archaeology, before dying in Paris on February 24, 1872, at the age of 47.
Born in Ribeauvillé, Alsace, on April 14, 1824, Auguste Salzmann belonged to the enterprising and prosperous Alsatian bourgeoisie. In very fragile health, he showed a taste for drawing, which his father did not thwart. His training as a painter led him to meet the painter Eugène Fromentin in 1847, with whom he went to Algeria, the journey to the Orient having become an obligatory complement to the Grand Tour in Italy. There they discovered a world that left a lasting mark on them. Upon his return, influenced by the Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, Auguste Salzmann fell in love with archaeology, and it was for a "scientific" purpose that he became interested in photography, rejecting any artistic dimension to this medium. He published an album on Jerusalem in 1854, considered a masterpiece of the origins of photography and he is one of the few to skillfully capture the immediacy of light on infinite time. He had a lifelong passion for archaeology, before dying in Paris on February 24, 1872, at the age of 47.